TY - BOOK ID - 18717209 TI - The Kitan language and script PY - 2008 VL - 19. SN - 9789004168299 900416829X 9786612399336 1282399330 9047443519 9789047443513 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Khitan language -- Writing. KW - Khitan language. KW - Altaic languages. KW - Altaic languages KW - Langues altaïques KW - S23/0400 KW - S25/0400 KW - Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongolian languages: general KW - Xinjiang--Turkish languages KW - Langues altaïques KW - Chinese language KW - Chinois (Langue) KW - Writing. KW - Ecriture KW - Khitan language KW - Kitan language KW - Liao language KW - Mongolian languages KW - Morphology. KW - Syntax. KW - China KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18717209 AB - The Kitans established the Liao dynasty in northern China, which lasted for over two centuries (916-1125). In this survey the reader will find what is currently known about the Kitan language and scripts. The language was very likely distantly related to Mongolian, with two quite different scripts in use. A few generations after their state was defeated, almost all trace of the Kitan spoken and written languages disappeared, except a few words in Chinese texts. Over the past few decades, however, inscriptions from the tombs of the Liao emperors and the Kitan aristocracy have been at least partially deciphered, resulting in a significant increase of our knowledge of the Kitan lexicon, morphology and syntax. ER -